persuade

transitive verb

per·suad·ed, per·suad·ing, per·suades

To cause (someone) to accept a point of view or to undertake a course of action by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty: “to make children fit to live in a society by persuading them to learn and accept its codes”(Alan W. Watts). See Usage Note at convince.

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He had the courage to step forward and take chances, and the ability to persuade her to follow.

How did you persuade mother to agree to this.

The great authority of Portocarrero as cardinal and primate of Spain was used to persuade, or rather to terrify the unhappy king into making a will in favour of the duke of Anjou, Philip V.

At Kandern, on the 10th of April, he made a vain effort to persuade the leaders to submit, and was about to order his troops to attack when he was mortally wounded by the bullets of the insurgents.

In revenge for his own imprisonment, and the death of his brother by order of Nero, he took advantage of the disorder in the empire not only to stir up his fellow-countrymen to take up arms for independence, but to persuade a large number of German and Belgic tribes to join forces with them.

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John Rawls's argument that all are equally worthy of self-esteem "is almost a parody of this tendency, writing hundreds of pages to persuade men, and proposing a scheme of government that would force them, not to despise anyone.